CHAPTER SIX 184 TABLE 6-2. DISTRIBUTION OF CATARACT BY REGION IN NEPAL (NBS 1981) Percent of All Cataract in Nepal Sample N Estimated with Cataract Prevalencea Per 100 Region 1 Eastern 2 Central 3 Western 4 Far West A 5 Far West B Subtotal Missing data 9,856 12,450 7,579 5,626 4,154 39,605 222 39,887 92,671 143,618 70,265 47,790 42,861 397,205 NA 397,205 2.7 (2.8) 3.1 (2.9) 2.7 (2.3) 2.6 (3.0) 2.9 (2.8) 2.8 NA 2.8 23.2% 36.2 17.7 12.0 10.8 100.0 NA 100.0 Total Source: FR6.007 AN.24 aFigures in parentheses are age-sex-standardized prevalence rates TABLE 6-3. DISTRIBUTION OF CATARACT BY SAMPLING STRATA IN NEPAL (NBS l981) Percent of All Cataract in Nepal Estimated Population with Cataract Prevalencea Per 100 Sample N Strata 1 Eastern Terai 2 Far Eastern Hills 3 Eastern Hills 4 Central Terai 5 Kathmandu Valley 6 Central Hills 7 Western Terai 8 Western Mid-Hills 9 Western Mountains 10 Far Western Terai 1J_ Far Western Hills 12 Far Western Mountains 13 Urban Sites Subtotal Missing data 5,454 2,076 1,826 6,127 2,776 2,763 2,225 3,829 1,454 3,296 4,869 973 1,997 39,665 222 61,586 10,573 8,584 100,342 18,692 17,140 35,371 21,595 11,538 25,867 42,417 10,948 32,552 397,205 NA 3.3 (3.9) 1.5 (1.3) 1.4 (1.4) 4.5 (4.5) 1.8 (1.6) 1.8 (1.5) 4.4 (3.7) 1.7 (1.4) 2.3 (1.8) 2.8 (3.7) 2.4 (2.7) 3.0 (2.5) 3.3 (3.5) 2.8 NA 15.5% 2.7 2.2 25.3 4.7 4.3 8.9 5.4 2.9 6.5 10.7 2.7 8.2 100.0 NA Total 39,887 397,205 2.8 100.0 Source: FR6.007 AN.25 aFigures in parentheses are age-sex-standardized prevalence rates.
